Is it normal that i listen to 60's & 70's music?

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I live in Detroit, Michigan and instead of listening to popular tunes that others my age would consider 'cool' (I'm 19 years young), I like so-called 'old music'.

I listen to 50's Jazz (Miles Davis, Donald Byrd, etc.), 60's Blues (Albert King, T-Bone Walker, etc.) and even 70's Soul and Funk (Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, The Dramatics etc.) NOT R&B.

Every time I play my favorite tune "Walk On By" (1969) by Isaac Hayes, my peers look at me in disgust, as if I did something disgusting. But I love the soul orchestra; organ, drums, funky bass, the almighty string section and background vocalists blend together perfectly. The hi-fidelity acoustic recordings back then sound authentic, something I feel is missing in today's music.

Even the rap music I listen to is old. Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah, KRS-One, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Kool G Rap, and even Special Ed. Actually, thats where it started. The type of rap I like is heavily Jazz and Soul influenced, unlike new rap today.

And no one my age that I know in person listens to what I listen to. I can't relate to anyone. I feel like I belong in New York, or something...

P.S. I've always wanted to be a music producer, or composer, or DJ, or something, but I know for sure I would have to move out of Michigan.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    I'm the same. I'm 19 too and I mostly listen to 70's and 80's pop music, including pretty much extinct genres like disco, new wave and hair metal.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    All the people saying it's "not normal" are complete idiots. Most of today's music is tasteless and quickly forgettable: Bieber? Cyrus? Jonas Bros? All those rapper thugs? Nuff said.

    It is not only normal, but HEALTHY to listen to music from the 60s/70s/80s. If you don't, please, start listening from those periods. Old music is the best and will change your life if you're just into the same old crap from today. It changed mine. A LOT.

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  • dappled
    13 years ago

    Of all the music out there, why should everyone be into the thing that was released just last week? They're just sheep who are scared to have an opinion. You have the sense to look beyond that. Good for you.

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  • roothead1
    13 years ago

    I'm 19 and am the same way. I like country though too.

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  • Whysoserious777
    13 years ago

    Hey I'm all about the 60's and 70's classic rock and I'm an 18 year old girl. I don't even like the stuff today. That era was a great time for music of all kinds. Don't be ashamed of it. You're completely normal and just happen to have great taste in music! :)

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  • sk8er37dus
    13 years ago

    bob marley, pink floyd, the doors <3

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    • sleepingbeauty
      12 years ago

      Oo....nice taste!

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  • phillipphung94
    13 years ago

    It's just your taste in music. Honestly, I hate the music most people listen to today too.

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  • ifonlyuknew247
    10 years ago

    Wow, you have great taste and an eclectic, open-minded appreciation of music in several different aspects, genres, sub genres, influences and historical contexts. You also know what you like. That's not very normal, unfortunately, but I, for one, wish it was.

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  • BloodRedAndTrue
    10 years ago

    Fuck yeah Ghostface killah and the whole wu family, you got fine taste, music never dies my friend.

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    So do I:) Its normal.

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  • angelize11
    12 years ago

    Define "normal". When it comes to music, whatever one likes to listen to is fine.
    Personally, I think you have GREAT taste in music!

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  • TotalAspie
    12 years ago

    I've been into 70's Rock since I was 15 (I'm 35 now). I was too young to enjoy 80's New Wave back when it was first new, but one of the Grand Theft Auto games (Vice City) got me extremely interested in it, and it's a huge interest of mine ever since.... I also like quite a bit of 60's Rock, too. (Especially Surf.)

    All those other people who give you dirty looks can just piss off, because you know what great music is, and they don't! I know there's many people from around the world who enjoy music from decades (and even centuries) long gone!

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  • MegaDethfan1992
    13 years ago

    its normal i listen to music from 60s 70s 80s and early 90s i think most mondern music sucks

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  • cdfarrar
    13 years ago

    Absolutely not! You are a devient that needs to be put down immediately. Of course it is. My secret passion is disco. I spent my teanage years listening to it every weekend in the gym of the school that I lived at. Those were the days. Enjoy it and tell those wipper snappers that dont like it to get off your porch.

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  • tori
    13 years ago

    Hooray for you! Keep it up. It's normal to like that music. Dont let the other people keep you down. If everyone was the same who would we talk about?! And this site wouldn't exist.

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  • Its2pm
    13 years ago

    Yes. old skool is the shit :D

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  • texas1
    13 years ago

    Idk, I dont like the very old songs from back then. But yet again I like the songs where a lady sings on those big black discs that are about 2 feet long. Those songs are so relaxing..If I did listen to old songs I would listen to The beatles and other psychedelic songs.I like psychedelic songs. The Lemon Pipers "green tambourine"song is a song I really like and Tommorrow never ends by The Beatles is another favorite.

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    • [Old Memory]
      11 years ago

      ween i was 15 i listened to songs older that 20s 30s and 40s still do

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  • DannyKanes
    13 years ago

    I like music from the 1920s and 30s, you listen to whatever you want to listen to, screw what anyone else thinks :-)

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  • Devilsummoner
    13 years ago

    Big difference between kesha tik tok

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  • Devilsummoner
    13 years ago

    yeah, not normal.

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    • [Old Memory]
      11 years ago

      yeah, fuck you.

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